U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has denied former President Donald Trump’s bid to postpone the established timeline for the January 6 case. Trump sought to alter deadlines and prevent a lengthy filing from special counsel Jack Smith, but Chutkan firmly dismissed the request.
This decision follows Trump’s complaints regarding a ruling made after a September 5 hearing, where Chutkan allowed Smith’s team to file a brief detailing how to navigate the case in light of the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.
Chutkan criticized Trump’s attorneys for repeatedly attempting to alter the schedule and for suggesting a delay of “several months” to discuss the immunity issue in unrelated filings. She pointed out that this was the second time in a week that the defense had urged her to reconsider the pretrial schedule without formally submitting a motion.
“For the second time in a week, Defendant urges reconsideration of the current pretrial schedule in a brief intended to respond to a separate issue, and without actually filing a motion to that effect,” she wrote. “The court has already addressed the scheduling objections Defendant raised when he was given an opportunity to do so.”
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Additionally, Chutkan approved Smith’s request to submit a 180-page brief regarding the immunity issues in the case, despite pushback from Trump’s legal team, who referred to it as a “180-page false hit piece.” They criticized Smith’s assertion that the brief would greatly assist the court, labeling it an “improper Special Counsel report.”
